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COOPERATIVES ACT 1997 - SECT 179

179 Control of the right to vote

(1) A person must not directly or indirectly control the exercise of the right to vote of a member.

Maximum penalty—60 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment.

(2) If a person controls the exercise of the right to vote of a member at a meeting of a cooperative—

(a) the vote of the member is invalid; and
(b) if the person is a member—the vote of the person is invalid.

(3) Nothing in this section prevents the exercise of a vote by means of a proxy or power of attorney.



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